noun:

• oysters cooked in the shell

expression / ~よい adjective:

• close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

noun:

• sound drop-out (e.g. in audio equipment)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• self-satisfaction (esp. in a nationalistic sense); smugness - orig. used specifically to make fun of Koreans, now broader - slang - derogatory term - From Korean "heolheol"

noun:

• cineast; someone who works in the movie industry

noun:

• udon cooked in a broth containing miso paste

noun:

• payment in substitutes; accord and satisfaction; substitute performance - Law term

noun:

• instructor with a career in their subject area

noun:

• gynoid; fembot; female android (esp. in science fiction)

noun:

• cold vegetable hors d'oeuvres in Chinese cuisine - Food term

noun:

• auspicious characters (used in people or place names)

noun:

• barakah (type of spiritual power in Islam); baraka - From Arabic

noun:

• three-act structure (in screenwriting: setup, confrontation, resolution)

noun:

• background music (in a movie, television drama, etc.)

noun:

• tearoom attached to a theater (esp. in Kabuki)

noun:

• third-rate company director; executive in name only

noun:

• in and out movement (esp. during intercourse); pistoning - colloquialism

noun:

• Castor (star in the constellation Gemini); Alpha Geminorum - Astronomy term

noun:

• Pollux (star in the constellation Gemini); Beta Geminorum - Astronomy term

noun:

• Canopus (star in the constellation Carina); Alpha Carinae - Astronomy term

noun:

• Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis - Astronomy term

noun:

• Deneb (star in the constellation Cygnus); Alpha Cygni - Astronomy term

noun:

• Achernar (star in the constellation Eridanus); Alpha Eridani - Astronomy term

expression:

• openly and secretly; helping in all ways - proverb

noun:

• biosatellite; satellite designed to carry life in space